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Jussarö Lighthouse
Jussarö Lighthouse (Swedish: ''Jussarö fyr'', Finnish: ''Jussarön majakka'' or ''Jussaaren majakka'') is a lighthouse situated on the skerry of Sundharu, approximately south of the island of Jussarö, outside Raseborg, in the western part of the Gulf of Finland. The lighthouse is more correctly called the Sundharu Lighthouse, to distinguish it from an earlier one located on Jussarö itself, which the current structure replaced. The first illuminated lighthouse in the area was built on Jussarö in the late 1880s, along with the accommodation and service buildings for the lighthouse keepers and pilots and their families. This lighthouse was lit in 1891. There were, however, structural and technical problems with its operation, for which reason a new lighthouse was built on the uninhabited Sundharu skerry to the south of Jussarö, and lit in 1922, when the old light was deactivated. The new Sundharu Lighthouse was the first in Finland designed to be automatically-operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Of Finland
The Gulf of Finland ( fi, Suomenlahti; et, Soome laht; rus, Фи́нский зали́в, r=Finskiy zaliv, p=ˈfʲinskʲɪj zɐˈlʲif; sv, Finska viken) is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland to the north and Estonia to the south, to Saint Petersburg in Russia to the east, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn. The eastern parts of the Gulf of Finland belong to Russia, and some of Russia's most important oil harbors are located farthest in, near Saint Petersburg (including Primorsk). As the seaway to Saint Petersburg, the Gulf of Finland has been and continues to be of considerable strategic importance to Russia. Some of the environmental problems affecting the Baltic Sea are at their most pronounced in the shallow gulf. Proposals for a tunnel through the gulf have been made. Geography The gulf has an area of . The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
